assegaied

Balaam or no Balaam, I drew the line at being assegaied to death as a

Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, November 4, 1914 Various

I suppose she will be doing thundering penance for not having told me, a fellow who simply walked into the place and assegaied her with my death-news.

The Dop Doctor Richard Dehan 1897

One of our twelve sons was assegaied in sight of our house, within the last ten it was surrounded by Basutos, my wife had to fly in the night by herself, leading one child and carrying another on her back.

The Transvaal from Within A Private Record of Public Affairs 1896

Now I was at the door in the high wall that enclosed the outbuildings at the back of the house, and there, by an inspiration, pulled up the mare -- glad enough she was to stop, poor thing -- for it occurred to me that if I rode to the front I should very probably be assegaied and of no further use.

Marie An Episode in The Life of the late Allan Quatermain Henry Rider Haggard 1890

Well, they came and assegaied all the other Totties, and stood under my tree cleaning their spears and getting their breath, for one of my brothers had given them a good run.

Marie An Episode in The Life of the late Allan Quatermain Henry Rider Haggard 1890

I myself received a bite through the fleshy part of the left arm, but fortunately a native near me assegaied the animal before I was pulled down.

Allan's Wife Henry Rider Haggard 1890

I have known the face of war and seen many a little one like my grandson Sinala assegaied upon his mother's back. '

Smith and the Pharaohs, and other Tales Henry Rider Haggard 1890

Captain Patterson ran up, and, as he leaned over the edge, was instantly killed by a blow with an axe; the others were then shot and assegaied.

Cetywayo and his White Neighbours Remarks on Recent Events in Zululand, Natal, and the Transvaal Henry Rider Haggard 1890

Very soon the guns became fixed among the boulders, and one by one the artillerymen were assegaied.

The True Story Book Andrew Lang 1878

He didn't even know whether the other white man, with the diamonds round his waist, had got safely through, or whether the hostile tribe beyond the frontier had assegaied him and "eaten him up," as the picturesque native phrase goes.

What's Bred in the Bone Grant Allen 1873